Opinion. This week is celebrated as Earth Week. On Monday, April 22, Americans will commemorate the 54th anniversary of the first Earth Day back in 1970. The day was established as a community-based effort to bring awareness to environmental issues. Read this story at Native News Online , Ahram Online , WV MetroNews , BBC , NewsBusters , NewsBusters , Daily Mail , BBC , talkSPORT , Awful Announcing , Marca.com , Newsweek , Lexington Herald Leader